Any question answered...

Never heard of it myself.

"I'd like to invite you to dinner. Bring your own dinner" sounds like a particularly unappealing invitation.

it's more like:
"hey everyone, let's have dinner together. can everyone bring something?"
it doesn't really work so well with a simple host+guest format.

question: best online long-range weather forecast? I'm planning something outdoor for end of September

Nobody can forecast anything a month out. The best you're going to do is a set of bell curves of parameters which will give you a range of probabilities based on historic observations. For a week ahead, the NOAA GFS Model seems pretty good if you know what you're looking at, but all of those kinds of medium range forecast can be as good as useless if they predict a change at a week out, as it could easily happen 24-36h earlier or later than forecast even if the general pattern is right.

ASM - Arro Spok Merchant. Or so people said. Anyone wanting a Spok was directed to him. Eventually causing him to flounce but is now back again under an alias.
I think the clincher was his phone number and other details being posted on the forum which the 'spok hungry masses pounced upon, calling him incessantly asking if he had any stock left.

i think the clincher was his phone number and other details being posted on the forum which the 'spok hungry masses pounced upon, calling him at 04:00 asking if he had any stock left.

ftfy

I'd call it smart.

ftfy

Laziness is the new genius.

ftfy
Deal or no spoke. on Vimeo

ftfy
It's his fault for only working Tokyo hours, to be fair...

Dear all the Welsh people on the forum, and those living / residing in Welshland.

I'm in Wales (near Cardiff) for a few days and want to go riding in the hills.

What routes have you got for me?

goes trawling back for a tynan post so he can be rep'd for that video

^^ The M48 is lovely:

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb&ie=UTF-8&gl=uk&daddr=london&saddr=cardiff&panel=1&f=d&fb=1&dirflg=d&geocode=KfVT7DTUAm5IMQ5nhmXbBjQU%3BKXXeIa8LoNhHMZkq1d1aOpZS&ei=iV0yUM7dOYqx0AWR5oHwDA&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ9w8wAA

Dear all the Welsh people on the forum, and those living / residing in Welshland.

I'm in Wales (near Cardiff) for a few days and want to go riding in the hills.

What routes have you got for me?

o'shane is your man for that

First question - which side of Cardiff? Newport or Barry side?

Dear all the Welsh people on the forum, and those living / residing in Welshland.

I'm in Wales (near Cardiff) for a few days and want to go riding in the hills.

What routes have you got for me?

Pontypridd, Rhigos, Bwlch, Ogmore Vale, Cowbridge. Avit

back to last nights discussion of cable routing for hope v-twin brakes

what about nokon cabling instead of the noodle?

You made of money?

Jamie boy....;

Trickstuff were one of the first companies (along with TRP and Hope) to develop an effective way to run hydraulic disc brakes from cable operated road levers. First seen in prototype form at Eurobike 2010, the Doppelmoppel mounts neatly under the stem (minimum length 90mm) via a steerer tube bracket, and is adjustable for best fit. **Trickstuff recommend using it with Bowden cables (made by Nokon) to give the straightest possible run to the side-entry cable clamps.
**

http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/category/bikes/cyclo-cross/product/review-trickstuff-moots-psychlo-x-12-46218

You know what would have been even better? That Hope would have thought of this problem through their development process and mounted the pistons transversely. Then the cables would be taking an almost direct route to the lever

do these work or should I get a different one?

like this....

?

aren't nearly all brake cables "Bowden cables"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowden_cable

do these work

Yes, the FSA one works fine.

Great.

Also, does anyone know just how tight a Planet X track for for 20mm tyres is?

do these work?

I've used one of these for testing bike position before deciding on where to cut the fork steerer. I think I got it because it was the cheapest. it works just fine.

Typically it's become even cheaper since I bought one.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=2218&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Shopping&utm_name=UnitedKingdom

^^^ What he said also.

Has anyone ever had any joy getting stuff from tips/recycling centres? I keep reading about it on retrobike and wanting to get in on that action myself. I know there're loads of scrap places around Bermondsey...